January 8th, 2012 / 11:07 pm
Power Quote & Snippets

Samuel Beckett: “The writer is like a foetus trying to do gymnastics.”

17 Comments

  1. Matt Tyler

      whats a foetus

  2. c2k

      A fetus (sic) – on pommel horse – is like a writer.

  3. Deadgodfan1

      So a writer is a person trying to do something that is entirely impossible?

  4. Deadgodfan1

      or a writer is a person attempting to do something highly complex while hindered by underdeveloped tools and abilities to handle the said complexities?

  5. Trey

      yes, exactly

  6. Brooks Sterritt

      Sammy was a special fœtus.

  7. John
  8. Jonathan Safran Foer

      A precocious foetus…

  9. deadgod

      Well – “impossible”, or ‘unavoidable’.  –in the case that all of a foetus’s larger-structure movements are a kind of “gymnastics”.

  10. deadgod

      A writer is a foetus trying to do gymnastics.
      A writer is a gymnast trying to metamorphose itself.
      A foetus is a writer trying to do gymnastics.
      A foetus is a gymnast trying to write.
      A gymnast is a writer trying to metamorphose itself.
      A gymnast is a foetus trying to write.

  11. 88888888888888888888888

      “Impossible” or ‘impassable’

  12. mimi

      The writer is like a man trying to get pregnant.

  13. Helen

      I try to find a Lamaze/’Breath’ joke. But I fail.

  14. c2k

      Fetus (sic) trying to do gymnastics is one of my favorite animated gifs.

  15. c2k

      Speaking of art in utero, 11 days until birth of the film version of EL&IL. Best of luck, JSF.

  16. Jonathan Safran Foer

      Thanks! Test-marketing is going really well and reviews outside of NYC are okay

  17. Matt Tyler

      brain = tool trying to explain the thing gripping it.